One-Day Zen Retreat (Zazenkai) with Leland Shields (July 10th, 2016)
Dharma Talk: Every koan is a story of support – two or more people engaging and clarifying. In his Dharma talk, Lee will examine the nature of the support reflected in koans, the story of Lin-Chi, and how we can extend this support to our lives and the world outside the dojo. Schedule 9:00am Opening, Five Remembrances, Zazen 9:35am Zazen 10:00am Dharma talk, discussion. 11:00am Zazen 12:00pm Informal lunch (Please bring food to share. Soup will be provided. No time to get food? – Come anyway.) 1:00pm Sutras 1:30pm Zazen, Interviews 2:50pm Closing, Great...
Read MoreA Climate of Change: 3 Week Study Retreat with Eileen Kiera and Jack Duffy (June 4 – 25)
During the 2016, 3-week study retreat, we will immerse ourselves in writings from Asia, Europe and North America which express and illuminate the natural configuration of reality. Held by a spacious and disciplined schedule of sitting, walking, working and eating, we will circumambulate the stupa of “a climate of change”. Individually and as a group, we step into a new and closer relationship with that which is before us. Our Teachers, Eileen Kiera & Jack Duffy co-founded Mountain Lamp Community. Together they bring together the Diamond Sangha and Plum Village traditions. They are...
Read MoreWalking Zen Meditation Retreat – May 31st
what might we learn about going through life by attending to a most ordinary action: walking? The old Zen way in China was to practice for a time in one monastery and then walk cross country to another monastery, rounding out one’s understanding with the view from one mountain – then the next mountain. Zen masters and their mountains are indistinguishable. Retreat Information Please join Three Treasures Sangha for a morning of walking and sitting practice enjoying silence and alertness in Magnuson Park, Seattle. Schedule When: Sunday May 31, 9:00am to noon,...
Read MoreApril 12th Zen Retreat: Practicing Zen Koans in Relationship
On April 12, 2015, Three Treasures Sangha is hosting a day-long retreat (zazenkai) with Lee Shields. During the retreat, Lee will focus on practicing Zen koans in relationship. In his talk, Lee will show how two koans apply to how we can relate to the everyday here and now. You’ll see how every interaction is a koan story, a chance to recognize that there is no separation of self and other, and a chance to offer a genuine response in our encounters. Schedule 9:00am Opening, Five Remembrances, Zazen 9:35am Zazen: Offering of selected lines of...
Read MoreBranching Moon Sesshin March 28 – April 4 with Jack Duffy Rōshi
Three Treasures Sangha is hosting a sesshin with Jack Duffy Rōshi at Mountain Lamp, a rural practice center near Bellingham, Washington, from March 28 – April 4. A sesshin is a week-long, intensive retreat in the Zen Buddhist tradition. Sesshin means to touch, receive, and convey the mind. During sesshin participants focus on their meditation, listen to talks, meet with the teacher, and perform jobs necessary to sustain the retreat. To touch the mind is to touch that which is not born and does not die; it does not come or go, and is always at rest. It...
Read MoreZenkai with Jack Duffy Roshi – February 14-15
Three Treasures Sangha is hosting a two-day retreat with Jack Duffy Roshi at Dharma Gate zendo on February 14-15th. Jack Duffy will give a talk each day and hold dokusan (practice-related interviews). Everyone is welcome even if you haven’t attended a Three Treasures Sangha retreat. Bring your own lunch on Saturday. Breakfast will be served on Sunday. If you’re looking for other opportunities to sit Zen with Three Treasures, check out our Calendar. For more information about this or other retreats, contact...
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